The Best Post-apocalyptic Games for Xbox Series X

Update 15 September 2023: Super Brawl Rush added at rank #9.

Here are our 10 Best Post-apocalyptic Games for Xbox Series X:

Play Video: Steel Assault

Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Linux Playstation 5 Xbox One

Punch, whip, and zipline your way through a post-apocalyptic America in this 16-bit retro-style action platformer! Play as Taro Takahashi, a resistance soldier on a revenge mission against the dictator who lords over the ashes.

• platform
• post-apocalyptic
• retro
• arcade
• old-school
• pixel
• action
• america
• 2d
• perma-death
• scroller
• futuristic
• classic
• mech
• fast-paced

Good match + 30 Bad match - 50

Play Video: Cloud Gardens

Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Xbox One Mac OS PC Windows

A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas

• sandbox
• relaxing
• post-apocalyptic
• nature
• puzzle
• meditative
• experimental
• procedural
• simulation
• atmospheric
• building
• challenge-less
• goal-free

Good match + 41 Bad match - 80

Play Video: Meet Your Maker

PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X

Meet your Maker is a post-apocalyptic first-person building-and-raiding game where every level is designed by players. Play solo or with a friend as you mastermind devious maze-like Outposts full of traps and guards, then gear up for methodical fast-paced combat raiding other players’ creations.

• first-person
• post-apocalyptic
• base-building
• shooter
• asynchronous
• fps
• cooperative
• maze
• editor
• level
• multiplayer
• building
• asymmetric
• resource
• tactical

Good match + 3 Bad match

Play Video: Miasma Chronicles

PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Xbox Series X Playstation 5

From the creators of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden comes a beautifully crafted tactical adventure you won’t forget. Embark on a quest across a post-apocalyptic wasteland torn apart by a savage force known only as the ‘Miasma’.

• tactical
• post-apocalyptic
• turn-based
• stealth
• cover
• strategy
• combat
• rpg
• robots

Good match + 5 Bad match

Play Video: Far: Changing Tides

Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch

In FAR: Changing Tides, you'll embark on a captivating adventure in a beautifully flooded world. As Toe, you'll navigate stormy waters, explore forgotten ruins, and dive into unknown depths. You'll captain your own seafaring vessel, solve puzzles, and search for a new home. With a mesmerizing soundtrack and stunning visuals, this game offers an immersive and unique experience.

• Stunning visuals and captivating soundtrack
• Engaging puzzles and resource management
• Immersive and atmospheric gameplay
• Unique vehicle control and customization
• Emotional and thought-provoking journey

• Occasional softlock issues
• Repetitive tasks

• puzzle
• sailing
• vehicle
• underwater
• submarine
• post-apocalyptic
• platform
• atmospheric
• adventure
• 2.5d
• relaxing
• steampunk
• puzzling
• action-adventure
• narrative

Good match Bad match

Play Video: Remnant: From the Ashes

Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X

The world has been thrown into chaos by an ancient evil from another dimension. As one of the last remnants of humanity, you must set out alone or alongside up to two other survivors to face down hordes of deadly enemies to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and retake what was lost.

• boss
• cooperative
• post-apocalyptic
• souls
• shooter
• tps
• boss-fight
• third-person
• dungeon
• survival
• combat
• action
• fight
• difficult

Good match + 10 Bad match - 12

Play Video: Endzone - A World Apart

PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Endzone - A World Apart is a post-apocalyptic city-building game that challenges you to rebuild society in a radioactive wasteland. With an extensive tutorial, you'll navigate challenging environmental effects, manage resources, and make meaningful decisions to ensure the survival of your people. The game will test your survival skills and requires strategic placement of buildings and resource monitoring. While a steep learning curve may hinder some players, the game offers hours of enjoyable content and a great sense of accomplishment when your settlement begins to thrive.

• Extensive tutorial for in-depth guidance
• Challenging environmental effects add immersive gameplay
• Visually appealing with a trippy soundtrack
• Trading system sets an example
• Game mechanics are solid

• Poor AI pathing and priorities
• Unbalanced raiders quickly disrupt game enjoyment
• Updates are slow with frequent patches needed
• Building alerts are not prominent

• city-building
• post-apocalyptic
• survival
• base-building
• simulation
• building
• management
• simulated
• resource

Good match + 8 Bad match - 4

Play Video: Metro Exodus

Xbox One Linux Mac OS stadia Playstation 5 Xbox Series X PC Windows Playstation 4

Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.

• shooter
• post-apocalyptic
• first-person
• stealth
• fps
• survival
• survival-horror
• open-world
• story
• novel
• atmospheric

Good match + 36 Bad match - 41

l Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5

Super Brawl Rush is a boss rush beat'em up set in the scorched post-apocalyptic lands of the near future. Choose your champion and fight your way between swarms of bloodthirsty thugs, mutants and cultists.

• post-apocalyptic
• 2d
• beat-em-up
• rogue-like
• boss-fight
• top-down
• twin-stick
• cooperative
• shooter
• action

Good match Bad match

Play Video: Remoteness

Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

New York, 2034: you wake up after what seemed to be a terrible nightmare, while it is not. The district has been evacuated and isolated overnight by the army, after an electrical meteor shower hit the Earth. Fight, explore, survive, and try to escape from this hell!

• first-person
• shooter
• artificial
• intelligence
• open-world
• action-adventure
• fps
• logic
• post-apocalyptic
• multiple-endings
• exploration
• 3d
• stealth
• survival
• horror

Good match + 1 Bad match - 1

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